#A59D22#A59D22

#A59D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59D22
RGB	rgb(165, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -10.66, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 60.85, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0362 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8640, 32.2299, 6.2663)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59D22 #222AA5

analogous

#A55C22 #A59D22 #6CA522

triadic

#A59D22 #22A59D #9D22A5

tetradic

#A59D22 #22A55C #222AA5 #A5226C

square

#A59D22 #22A55C #222AA5 #A5226C

split-complementary

#A59D22 #226CA5 #5C22A5

monochromatic

#403C0D #726D18 #A59D22 #D4CA30 #DFD763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#A59D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#A59D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59D22

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59D22	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b969',
    500: '#a59d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59d22;
$custom-light: #c4b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68198,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59D22

secondary

#5F65C4

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59D22

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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